Creating Effective Learning Environments - Softcover

Crowther, Ingrid; Wellhousen, Karyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401832148 ISBN 13: 9781401832148

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

Curriculum needs to be based on the strengths and needs of children. This information is gathered through careful observation and documentation and is one of the cornerstones of curriculum development. The purpose of this text is to take curriculum development to another level: to fill the gap between theory and practice. This text will help students to look at curriculum from the perspective of the child and to understand how that perspective is linked to learning and theory. This book is a documentation of individuals and groups of children learning over time. Each curriculum discussion starts with the real experiences that children have had. From these experiences, pertinent theory is woven in, explained and expanded.

About this title

About the Author

Ingrid Crowther has earned her Doctor of Education in Early Childhood and the Middle Years. Her background includes teaching in early childhood, elementary school, university, and college programs. She has published articles in a variety of journals and has completed three additional textbooks: the first Canadian edition of Infants and Toddlers, Creating Effective Learning Environments (also adapted for the US market and currently being translated into German), and Healthy and Safe Children (in press). Dr. Crowther has worked on several human services projects funded by HRDC: the Effective Practices project, the Pan Canadian Pathways project, and currently the Gateways project.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1401832148
• ISBN 13: 9781401832148
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272